Vishtèn | |
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Background information | |
Genres | folk/trad Acadian celtic |
Years active | 2004 | –present
Members | Emmanuelle LeBlanc Pascal Miousse |
Past members | Pastelle LeBlanc (†) |
Website | http://www.vishten.net |
Vishtèn is a Canadian folk music group from Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands, whose style is rooted in Acadian music. [1] The group consisted of vocalists and instrumentalists Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc, and instrumentalist Pascal Miousse, but Pastelle LeBlanc died of breast cancer in 2022 at age 42. [2] [1] The group is most noted for their 2018 album Horizons, which received a Juno Award nomination for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. [3] The band includes instruments such as fiddle, electric guitar, accordion, mandolin, whistles, jaw harp, foot percussion and bodhran. [4]
Horizons also won several awards from Music PEI, including best francophone artist, group recording and roots traditional recording. [5] In 2018 they also collaborated with Joseph Edgar, Robin-Joël Cool, Wanabi Farmeur, Caroline Savoie, and Édith Butler on the album Grand tintamarre ! - Chansons et comptines acadiennes, which won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Children's Album at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards. [6]
Vishtèn | |
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Background information | |
Genres | folk/trad Acadian celtic |
Years active | 2004 | –present
Members | Emmanuelle LeBlanc Pascal Miousse |
Past members | Pastelle LeBlanc (†) |
Website | http://www.vishten.net |
Vishtèn is a Canadian folk music group from Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands, whose style is rooted in Acadian music. [1] The group consisted of vocalists and instrumentalists Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc, and instrumentalist Pascal Miousse, but Pastelle LeBlanc died of breast cancer in 2022 at age 42. [2] [1] The group is most noted for their 2018 album Horizons, which received a Juno Award nomination for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. [3] The band includes instruments such as fiddle, electric guitar, accordion, mandolin, whistles, jaw harp, foot percussion and bodhran. [4]
Horizons also won several awards from Music PEI, including best francophone artist, group recording and roots traditional recording. [5] In 2018 they also collaborated with Joseph Edgar, Robin-Joël Cool, Wanabi Farmeur, Caroline Savoie, and Édith Butler on the album Grand tintamarre ! - Chansons et comptines acadiennes, which won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Children's Album at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards. [6]